Latest Blog Posts for Israel National Trail

Yoni Garry and I have a Whattsapp group that is named "the shvil pensioners". Besides the self-deprecating name and insight into the centrality the shvil has\had to our friendship, we now indeed are shvil pensioners. But as we all know, life doesn't...

On 14 February 2009 we set out from kibbutz Dan on Israel's Northern border, unsure of what lay ahead, thinking that we would be finished in 4 years. And here we were, 22 March 2016, on our way to the last leg of our journey. This gives the term "fas...

We awoke without the pressures of the day before. We'd had a good dinner, slept in good accommodations for the 2ndnight in a row and were facing a short 13 km jaunt across the Timna National Park. We even got to sleep in till 5.15, since the en...

If we were to compare shvil yisrael to astronomy, then it resembles one of the star constellations - a series of straight lines joining up in a pattern. Our shvil yisrael, however, would resemble the big bang, a random collection of parts being throw...

36 hours away, 9 hours driving, 10 hours walking, 840 km driving, 30 km walkingSounds insane? To me too. The things we have to do to finish the shvil. Initially we had wanted to hike for 4 or 5 days in order to get the majority of what remains...

Checklist Place to stay night before in Mitzpeh Ramon Taxi ordered to take us the actual starting point at Saharonim campground Jeep man booked Shopping done, separated into days and given to jeep man to br...

With much fanfare and ado, after almost a year and a half of shvil dormancy, we arose at 4 in the morning, met at Manof at 5 (a bit after…I was late) and headed to the deep south for 2 days of our usual, and unusual fun and games. I have to admit,...

Benad was ready and waiting at 5 a.m., leading Yoni and his car to the end point, then returning him to us so we could walk out of Mitzpeh Ramon. Today's leg was an unexpected bonus. Yesterday's extra, unplanned 15 km on the shvil allowed us today to...

Remember us? It's been a long time. For the first time in 3 years on the shvil we were forced to postpone a shvil leg due to the weather. Not unbearably hot desert weather but cold and wet March weather. And then along came Pesach and suddenly we've...